What Is Last In, First Out (LIFO)? Last in, first out (LIFO) is a method used to account for business inventory that records the most recently produced items in a series as the ones that are sold ...

The impact of reduced new-vehicle inventories and the resulting LIFO recapture continues to be a major concern for dealers. The National Automobile Dealers Association has been very active for more ...

The last-in, first-out (LIFO) method assumes that the last unit to arrive in inventory is sold first. The first-in, first-out (FIFO) method assumes that the oldest unit of inventory is sold first.